Medium for polishing parts of boots or shoes.



No. 699,628. Patented May 6, I902.

J. E. MORSE. MEDIUM FOR POLISHING PARTS OF BOOTS 0R SHOES.

(Application filed Jan. 17, 1900.)

(N0 Model.)

UNITED Tarns ATENT OFFICE.

JOHN E. MORSE, OF LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS.

MEDHUM FOR POLISHING PARTS OF BOOTS OR SHOES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 699,628, dated May 6, 1902.

Application filed January 1'7, 1900. Serial No. 1,740. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN EMORSE, ofLynn, county of Essex, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented certain Improvements in Mediums for Polishing Parts of Boots or Shoes, of which the following, read in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification.

In the manufacture of boots and shoes it is customary to treat the sole-edge and heel surfaces aud part or whole of the bottom or treadsurfaces with a suitable wax compound and thereafter finish the surface of thewax coating to a state of high polish by holding it to a rapidly-revolving wheel or carrier provided on its periphery with a cushion of rubber, felt, or some similarly soft and yielding substance.

This invention has for its object to provide a medium that will be less harsh, and therefore less likely to remove the wax or break the finished film when brought into working touch therewith, and at the same time be more yielding, and consequently more read.- ily conformable to the varying contours of the intended work-faces pressed thereto, and more resilient, and consequently more responsive to said curvatures under variations or removal of such pressure, and also more durable and otherwise superior to anything heretofore produced for finishing such and similarly Waxed surfaces.

Of the drawings, Figure 1 shows the device in side elevation without a cover. Fig. 2 shows it in side elevation with a cover.

This invention comprises a hub or carrier a, having the central opening I) or some suitable construction adapted for connecting it on or to a shaft. The members 6, shown in the present instance as composed of whalebone fibers, have one end in the carrier at and project outwardly from the periphery of the carrier in lines running oblique to the plane of said periphery, preferably at an angle of about fifty-five to sixty degrees, said members being disposed in series extending circumferentially around the said carrier and having freely-movable outer ends.

At times, and especially for doing some classes of work, it is desirable to use a hood or covering over the outer ends of said members e, and for this purpose may be employed a cylindrical piece h of cloth or other suitably-fiexible material, which is shown as provided with gatheringstrings f, whereby it may be drawn over the outer ends of said members e and held in place by simply tying said strings. Other fastenings may of course be used. By allowing the cover. to rest easily on the members 6 it will slip and not be torn if caught in the work, while at the same time it may have sufficient frictional grip on the members 6 to be carried around thereby in doing the practical polishing-work.

In operation the shaft, and consequently the carrier a, is revolved by anysuitable driv ing mechahism preferably at a high rate of speed. The boot or shoe is then held by the workman and pressed forwardly and. turned against the cover it or against the bristle or brush members 6 when no cover is employed.

I am aware of the devices heretofore constructed comprising in general a carrier ar ranged for movement rotatively and carrying on its periphery an inflatable cushion or a cushion of rubber or felt or some similar1yflexible material. I know, too, the devices comprising a carrier with flaps or tongues of cloth, leather, or some similarly-flexible material radiating outwardly from the periphcry of said carrier in lines perpendicular to the plane of said periphery. I know also that a carrier provided on its periphery with bristles or whalebone fibers standing outwardly from said periphery in lines perpendicular to the plane of the face thereof is now in use, both with and without an outer hood or cover of cloth or other suitably-flexible matarial but all such devices are wont to attack the waxed surfaces too harshly and will often remove the wax in whole or part, thereby producing bared spots or thinned places,causing the material to appear through, and will not readily conform to the varying curvatures of the waxed surfaces without the application of a pressure sufficient to overcome the delicacy of touch which gives the best polishing effects, and said devices possess other objectionable qualities which are overcome by arranging themembers e obliquely to riphcry 0f the carrier, and a flexible covering over the outer ends of said members. 10 Signed by me at Lynn this 15th day of Januztry, 1900.

JOHN E. MORSE.

Witnesses:

A. M. TUTTLE, l O. B. TUTTLE. 

